# CVE-2026-40249: free5gc UDR fail-open request handling in PolicyDataSubsToNotifySubsIdPut may allow unintended subscription updates after input errors

- Also known as: GO-2026-5407, GHSA-GX38-8H33-PMXR
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-16 · Updated: 2026-04-18

## Affected

- free5gc: through 4.2.1
- github.com/free5gc/udr (Go): all versions
- github.com/free5gc/udr (Go): through 1.4.2

## Description

free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. In versions 4.2.1 and below of the UDR service, the PUT handler for updating Policy Data notification subscriptions at /nudr-dr/v2/policy-data/subs-to-notify/{subsId} does not return after request body retrieval or deserialization errors. Although HTTP 500 or 400 error responses are sent, execution continues and the processor is invoked with a potentially uninitialized or partially initialized PolicyDataSubscription object. This fail-open behavior may allow unintended modification of existing Policy Data notification subscriptions with invalid or empty input, depending on downstream processor and storage behavior. A patched version was not available at the time of publication.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on free5gc, github.com/free5gc/udr, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/security/advisories/GHSA-gx38-8h33-pmxr

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